Since the inquisitive souls who figured out the answer to Puzzle #34 did so well with seaside structures that were not hotels or the like, here’s another to chew on! Can you figure out where Gumbo saw this amazing structure (note its…
Week after week, we see announcements by airlines of their newest planes and upgraded fleets. While some of that is expansion, some is replacement of aging equipment, and the industry that dismantles them and harvests parts is growing. According to an…
Gumbo’s taking a beach break, and here it is: Beach, bathers, bikinis and…what? What on earth is that building, and where did Gumbo find it? Here’s your chance to rack your brains, dredge your memory, and share the effort with the other Gumbo…
The Easter is the most important celebration of the Romanian people and it is preceded by numerous preparations and rituals. One of the rituals consists in the preparation of the Romanian traditional food, which for me is the most important thing…
Hạ Long Bay (In Vietnamese “descending dragon bay”) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and a very popular travel destination, an hour and a half to the east of Hanoi in Quảng Ninh Province, Vietnam.
Google signed agreements with around a dozen wineries in the Bordeaux region to bring the wineries online last year. The first wineries have come online now. It allows Google to bring “trekker” to France for the first time. Trekker uses a…
Our poor restless wanderer continues his searching…..always looking for another interesting place to visit. Having left the culture of Sweden ( WITW #30 ) and France ( WITW #31) , Gumbo, like Moses, has wandered into the wilderness….
Thanks to Norwegian Air Shuttle’s great prices to Scandinavia, other airlines such as United,Delta,KLM and Air France are still offering bargains up to compete. Fares from Newark to Oslo are still as low as $409 round trip total and can be bought…
Gumbo’s gone from France, where he visited an 11th-century church in Vernon. He’s here, now: at the corner of Pleasant and Ordinary…except for that puzzling object. Your task, hopefully not an Impossible Mission, is to collaborate with your…
Out of ten airports in the UK monitored by the Civil Aviation Authority, Heathrow came in last place for flight punctuality. Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tra…for-punctuality.html
Gumbo was visiting the gothic Church in Vernon, a few short kilometers from Monet’s gardens and home at Giverny.
Paris Zoo will reopen on Saturday after a six-year remodel. They are trying to create as real natural habitats as they can and shed the image of a traditional zoo. Animals will live together and be able to retreat from viewing areas…
PHeymont’s search for the scenes of his favorite mystery novels takes him to the neighborhood of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Gumbo’s Picture of the Day for April 13th, above, is an image I made nearly 55 years ago, on my first trip to Paris: a man sleeping on the ground at a side entrance to the National Assembly building.
Gumbo’s taken a big jump from the Swedish street scene in Puzzle #30. Can you figure out where he’s landed? To repeat the rules: Share your suggestions, hints and discussions with others by posting them here as comments…but if you absolutely…
The airport lounge, with comfy seats, snacks and WiFi, has been one of the top perks for airline elites and first-class passengers. Now a new business is developing: pay-as-you-go lounges open to anyone with the fee. Airport Lounge Development, which…
Sabre, the airline-centric reservation system used by a huge number of travel agents, has added TripAdvisor’s SeatGuru app to the information available to agents as they book your flight. SeatGuru combines airline specs with consumer reviews to…
Starting May 28, Supercheap Megabus is offering seat reservations on their “10 most-popular seats” It will debut on their New York, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Boston & Philadelphia routes. According to ABC’s search,the fee will be an extra $3,$5 &$7 depending on seat selection. Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/m…ng/story?id=23273367
Gogo, which dominates the airline wifi business, announced that it’s rolling out much faster wi-fi service on planes in flight. Instead of using air to ground links, new satellite connections will be used. Speeds will be up to a lightning…
Like Puzzle #29, whose answer will be revealed tomorrow in a full-scale blog, this one is also has a connection to literature—but unlike #29, the connection is not to “historic documents and texts.” In fact, quite recent literature. To…
DrFumblefinger explores the architecture in “Downtown Casablanca”. Most were constructed in the period between WWI and WWII, and show art deco and art nouveau features combined with Moroccan/Moorish features.
A delicious lunch was capped by a pleasant young Berber girl pouring mint tea for us.
I was visiting a friend, and this was the view from their house. I could understand why they built their house facing this direction. I was taken by the beauty!
Samantha shares some street art pictures from her recent trip to Bogotá, Colombia.
A garden in South Wales is the topic of today’s post from ProfessorAbe